Western cyclone., 1887-09-09
KANSAS.
Condensed Reports of the Latest News
from All Parts of the State.

planned for Mcpherson.
The retail trade of Salina in 1886
amounted to $6,000,000.
The new Episcopal Church at
Topeka will cost 100000.
Rush Center carried the county
seat election in Rush county.
"A $4,000 brick school building Is
being put up at Fargo Springs.
Harper MaSons have laid the cor
ner- stone of their new building.
"A contract for $4,000 school
house at Ness City has been let
A new Methodist Episcopal
Church is being built at Johnson City.
Ninety five cents on the dollar ID
now being paid for Quantrell raid
scrip.
"A new Presbyterian church, to
cost $4,000, is TO be erected at
Wichita.
Two or three pelicans have re-
Gently been seen on the Arkansas river.
near Finnay.
"A local company has been formed,
with capital of $1,000, to bore for
natural gas and coal at Minneapolis.
Lieutenant Governor Riddle, like
wise the Hon. w. A. Johnson, Asso-
ciate justice of the Supreme Court of
this State, reside in Minneapolis. The
city has sustained loss of only $50 by
fire since 1869
Says The AtchinSOn Globe: The
full board of educ ltion of the Evange-
lical Lutheran Church of America will
be in session in Atkinson four days,
beginning Sept. III. for the purpose OF
electing permanent president of Mid
land College and formally opening
that institution.
The settlers of Washington coun-
ty fixeASept z as the time and Wash
ington as the place for holding the
next reunion. The organization con-
sists of those only who have lived in
that county prior to 1870, although
the public are generally invited to at.
tend the reunion.
The AtchiSon Patriot says: A
number of old citizens living in the
bottoms near Oak Mills, have been cut
off from this State and thrown on the
other side of the channel by the raw
ages of the Missouri, and they are just
now wondering which State, if either,
they can vote in.
In Topeka barn in which tie
horses belonging TO the city police
force are kept was set on fire. The
charred remains of Col. G. G. Graves,
Lieutenant Colonel of the second Iowa
Cavalry and Brigadier-G General OF the
Kansas National Guards under Clicks
administration. were found. He had
taken lodgings in the barn for the
night.
&C. +. Weeks, real estate agent,
was accidently shot by Gen. William
Kitchell, hardware merchant at To-
peka. The ball from a revolver en-
tered just above the left eye. Weeks
can not recover. Mr.. Kitchell Is
greatly distracted over the affair. Mr..
Weeks purchased a revolver a few
days ago, and returned to exchange IL.
He had the revolver, which was loaded
on the showcase and Mr.. Kitchell
was showing him other patterns and
swapping them, when he picked up
the one belonging TO Weeks not know
il was loaded.
BY direction of the division COM
mander, at Chicago, Gen. Wesley
Merritt has selected troop |, Ist cav
airy, stationed at Fort Leavenworth,
TO take part in the international mill
tary encampment at Chicago, TO re-
port to III. NJ. Black, Bird infantry. by
Oct. |, and to remain until the both
of the same month. Troop Is CON-
manded by Capt. {. G.. Carr Of Az
Washington boulevard, Chicago.
Capt Carr has one Of the finest troops
in the service, being well drilled
disciplined body of men. Lieuts.
Scott and Manly will accompany the
troop TO Chicago.
A special from Topeka says th at
United states Deputy Marshal George
>harrit arrested DR.. A. g. Abodelat.
one Of the board of pension examiners
at Lawrence, on the charge OF
extorting money from claimants.
The commissioned Of pensions has re-
moved Abodelat and suspended DIR.
May. another member OF the board
1t is said that the pension department
has been quietly investigating the
conduct Of things throughout Kansas,
and that some further developments
are likely. DIR. Abodelat was released
on $1,000 bail. His case will come
before the october term Of court at
Leavenworth.
The west half OF the Crawford
DAISY opera house. at Wichita. now In
course Of construction. fell about I'D
o'clock Monday. The walls were IS
feet high, and were Just ready 10 re-
ceive the roof. The building Is Al
entire wreck, and will al have 10 be
pulled down. The reason assigned Is
inferior brick, which have apparently
crumbled away the weight There
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